The United States promised to apply new sanctions against Russia

The Finance Minister said that trump is “absolutely supports” sanctions against Russia

In the next few weeks will last US sanctions against Russia. This was stated by the Minister of Finance of the USA Stephen Mnuchin.

So, in comments before the Subcommittee Mnuchin rejected the idea that trump is trying to block sanctions in response to Russia’s intervention in the presidential election in 2016 in the United States, saying that trump their “fully supports”.

“We are going to implement them. I expect that in the next few weeks will continue sanctions against Russia”, – he said. As noted, several members of the campaign trump was accused of contacts with associated with the Kremlin officials, who are accused of trying to influence the vote in 2016 in favor of trump.

We will remind, earlier the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valeriy Chaly said that the United States will impose new sanctions against Russia, until it withdraws its armed forces from the occupied Donbass and will not resume the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.

According to him, further specific sanctions will go to persons from the list and additional. He added that the change in Russia’s approach is to remove troops from Ukrainian territory, the return of prisoners and detainees, the closure of the border with the help of the international mission.